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Malthouse Lane Business Centre Malthouse Lane Commerce Park Frome Somerset

2021/0137/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Industrial development of 61 business units arranged in 9 blocks (falling in a flexible use of classes E(g)(i) (Formerly B1a)/ B8) to be constructed in two phases on area E2 and a single industrial building comprising 2 units (falling in a flexible use of classes E(g)(i)/E(g)(iii) (formerly B1a/B1c)/B8) on area E1, as permitted by Part 3 Class V of General Permitted Development Order (2015). (Additional/ revised construction drainage information received 7/7/22).

Received
20 January 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
45
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome North Division
Agent
David Brain Partnership
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 938 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Malthouse Lane Business Centre Malthouse Lane Commerce Park Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Frome North Division.

92% of full applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Berkley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2021
Consultation expiry
7 July 2022
Consultation start
4 February 2021
Consultation end
4 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2022
Last date for comments
4 March 2021
Target decision date
21 April 2021
Committee meeting
20 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
David Brain Partnership
Agent address
David Brain Partnership Ralph Allens Town House 2 Church Street Bath BA1 1NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2021
Advertisement expiry
4 March 2021
Site notice start
5 February 2021
Site notice end
26 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09397831
Documents
171
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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